About Me

I grew up in West Texas, and could not wait to get away. I got away, and went to the University of Texas, and then on to Stanford. I saw the world, and decided what I really wanted was to be in West Texas. So here I am, right back where I started. I had it all, and found it was not that great.

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Just consider in less than 90 years, we've gone from women gaining the right to vote to a woman running for President. It's surprising that what we take for granted today - in many aspects of life - were simply fantasy not too long ago!

Yes, it wasn't until 1920 until the United States as a whole enacted full women's suffrage, and you often hear about the movement in the USA and England. But few know that Wyoming was the first place in the world to allow universal women's suffrage - to allow all women who were citizens and of age to vote in a general election (some women before that had been allowed to vote if they owned property AND had no husband, but there were finally no such restrictions in Wyoming.

On September 6, 1870, Louisa Swain (a cousin of my cousins) cast that first vote in Laramie, Wyoming. I have photographed the statue of her, which is located just a few doors down the street from my business, the Grabo' Gallery of Fine Art Photography. Wyoming is for this and other reasons known as the Equality State.

See her story and pictures at:http://thelouisaswainfoundation.com/(other pictures of her may be available on the net.)

I have been an avid collector of old photographs and documents for over 30
years. The photographs on this site are derived from material I have collected
over the years. Some came from old family albums, some from material I bought at
flea markets over the years, and some from government archives of public domain
images, including the US Library of Congress, and the National Archives. We
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